OVERDOSE? - need advice please!

June 23, 2011

2010 - Dizzy/diarrhea/faint feeling, etc on 125-150mcg levothyroxine

(synthetic).

2011

JAN- dr. dropped me & said only my endo can help. no endo appt till march. no

meds.

MARCH- Dr. put me back on 100mcg levo without a climb. 4 days later i was in er,

& 2 days after that. diarrhea/urination/palps/dizzy/short of breath. on a drip

for dehydration. ecg ok.

APRIL- New dr. started me on nature-throid 1 1/2 grains per day.

MAY - New endo. he said up by 1/2 grain per day till i saw him.

JUNE - blood tests show: t4@22(9-20), t3@13(3-6). He said come down by 1/2

grain.

also saw cardiologist. heart is fine, but electrical errors. waiting for 24hr

ecg results... said thinks meds still too high.

ok. During this time i have visited er a few times. i sweat at night and my

heart palpitates & misses beats. my bp also drops way too low. Now ive emailed

'nature-throid' and it seems ive been way over medicated? but it appears my endo

DOESN'T actually know about natural meds or how to deal with them. he has now

said to lower it by 1/2 a grain a week, and ill see him in 2 1/2 wks for bloods.

i am terrified. i don't know what to do. lower? stop for a while? it seems that

my right dose based on my synthetic meds would be closer to 1 to 1 1/2 grains...

yet mow im already clearly over medicated & having heart issues too... everyday.

im scared.

please help me? im trying to contact dr.peatfield, but he hasn't got appt.s for

ages it seems - are my adrenals low? is there any doctors that i could call for

advice? even my er aren't helping now - they say see your dr. my new dr has also

said ask my endo, and my endo. doesn't know how to deal with anything but

levothyroxine (which is how i got on 4grains... he was working it out only from

the t4 content!)

help me please.

esther

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